Panoramic Video Set Evokes Stormy Sea in Opera Peter Grimes

Called one of "the true operatic masterpieces of the twentieth century" by The New York Times, Peter Grimes is a thrilling tale of love, madness and tragedy at the hands of the stormy sea. In this cutting-edge production, a panoramic video set provides a magnificently ocean-battered, old-world fishing village backdrop to more than 200 musicians in the San Francisco Symphony and 13 brilliant opera singers in the San Francisco Symphony Chorus. The mellifluous timbre of Stuart Skelton voices the lead role in this semi-staged, multimedia rendition of Peter Grimes, evoking the complicated soul of its titular protagonist, a troubled seafarer up against overwhelming odds.

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Watch a scene from Peter Grimes featuring Stuart Skelton in the titular leading role.

About the Ticket Supplier: San Francisco Symphony

The San Francisco Symphony and Michael Tilson Thomas present more than 220 concerts each year from September through July in a variety of genres, with SFS musicians performing classical concerts, holiday favorites, summer pops events, free outdoor concerts, special series for families and children, plus presentations of visiting guest artists and orchestras from around the globe. The San Francisco Symphony also takes its unique style to audiences world-wide, touring nationally and internationally every year. The SFS is currently recording all the Mahler symphonies on its own media label and has recently launched Keeping Score, a national, multi-year, multi-media project bringing classical music to millions of Americans via TV, radio, the Internet and more.